Tag: Organ Transplants
Heart Transplant Survival Affected With COVID-19-Positive Donor Organs
Increased mortality seen at six months and one year for heart transplant from donors with active COVID-19
Banff Automation System Improves Diagnosis of Kidney Allograft Rejection
Decision-support system improves diagnosis in adult and pediatric kidney transplant populations
Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System
HRSA will invite organizations to bid for contracts for different parts of the transplant system's functions
Nicotinamide Does Not Prevent Keratinocyte Cancers in Organ Recipients
No difference seen in keratinocyte cancers or actinic keratoses for organ-transplant recipients receiving oral nicotinamide or placebo
Transplant of Organs From SARS-CoV-2-Positive Donors Safe
Outcomes for hospital length of stay, 30-day mortality, 30-day graft loss similar for nucleic acid test-positive and -negative donors
Machine Perfusion of Kidneys Protects Against Delayed Graft Function
Outcomes after transplant better with machine perfusion, combination therapy than with therapeutic hypothermia among brain-dead kidney donors
Epstein-Barr Viral Load Monitoring May Reduce Risk After Liver Transplant
Epstein-Barr virus viral load monitoring may reduce incidence of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease
Lung Composite Allocation Score System Cuts Waiting-List Mortality
All Composite Allocation Score scenarios examined led to improved measures of equity compared with current Lung Allocation Score system
Online Heart Transplant Resources Overly Complex
Resources require high literacy levels and often lack translation to other languages
Left Digit Bias Seen in Acceptance of Organs for Donation
5.4 percent decrease seen in probability of any organ placement at age 70 versus 69 years
